1、2022届江苏省南通市等苏北七市高三第二次调研测试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解My favourite BooksPosted by Catherine Chung.a great writerStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThis collection contains several maths stories. The one I recommend is Division By Zero,about Jane Parkinson,a brilliant German mathematician.To h
2、er great despair,she ends up proving that mathematics is inconsistent and is able to prove that any two numbers are equal.A beautiful,thought-provoking(发人深省的)story about belief,understanding，and faith.The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko OgawaIts about a woman who comes to work for a once-great
3、 mathematician.Due to a brain injury,he has only 80 minutes of short-term memory available to him before he forgets everything. It is filled with beautiful maths,simply and clearly described alongside finely drawn relationships between the characters. Too Much Happiness by Alice MunroKovalevskaya wa
4、s a 19th-century mathematician at a time when women were not allowed in most of Europe to attend university. She married a man who promised to take her to Germany to study. She made major contributions to the field and became the first woman in Russia to obtain a doctorate in mathematics. The Ore Mi
5、ners Wife by Karl IagnemmaIt is about a miner who thinks hes discovered the proof to the problem: construct a square,equal in area to a given circle. His wife, not knowing what has suddenly taken his attention and his time, fears he is being unfaithful. A moving exploration of the joys of entering a
6、 problem whole and the desire and impossibility of truly knowing those we love.1What doesIrefer to in Paragraph 1?ACatherine Chung.BTed Chiang.CJane Parkinson.DYoko Ogawa.2Which book is about a pioneering Russian woman mathematician?AStories of Your Life and Others.BThe Housekeeper and the Professor
7、.CToo Much Happiness.DThe Ore Miners Wife.3What do the listed books have in common?AThey tell love stories.BThey involve mathematics.CThey explore human relationship.DThey reveal peoples inner world.When Narayanswami was invited to a dinner by a friend who worked at Nasas Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
8、she was excited. Many of the guests flew planes. “I must have expressed some yearning(渴望),”she says, because someone told her “You should join the flying club!” The next day Narayanswami, who was 57 at the time, arranged to meet an instructor. “I said Arent I too old?” He said “Weve got students in
9、their 80s.”Narayanswami grew up in Southwest London, and at grammar school suffered horrific racist bullying. The library provided shelter. But, as she reached her late teens, she feel family pressure for an arranged marriage; “I really protested,” she says. “But I want to be an astronaut! My mother
10、 made a promise.As long as you are getting an education we will not look for a husband for you.”Narayanswami studied biology at Leicester University, then did a PhD at St Andrew, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of California. “Every time you move you get further away,” her dad re
11、marked on the phone. “I didnt feel I would be able t escape unless I did that,” she says.In 2020, aged 64, Narayanswami finished 423 light hours she needed to earn her pilots license. Then she applied to Nasas astronaut corps, but received a very appreciative rejection. Even now, at 66, she says “I
12、havent been able to figure out how to deal with it. It doesnt go away.” The racist bullying she received as a child has cast a very long shadow.Flying has helped. It is a workout: she has to tow the plane out to the taxiway. And it offers a different perspective. “I can see eagles, bears, mountain l
13、ions, birds of prey. I love the beauty of the clouds. They are like hills. Vaster than our hills,” she says.New possibilities have arisenNarayanswami chairs the board of the General Aviation Awards in the USbut she finds relaxing difficult. In light, she is part of a huge network of people who are c
14、ommunicating by radio frequency. There is no sense of skin colour. We are all tied together by our voices.4How did the instructors words sound to Narayanswami?ADisappointing.BEmbarrassing.CAnnoying.DEncouraging.5What does the,underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AAccepting an aged marriage
15、.BReceiving an education.CKeeping a distance.DMaking a promise:6What does Narayanswami think of Nasas rejection?AIt indicates prejudice against her.BIt ruins her childhood memory.CIt raises concern for her age.DIt leaves room for negotiation.7What does flying bring to Narayanswami?AA good way of rel
16、axation.BA different dimension of life.CA rich knowledge of wild lie.DA full exhibition of leadership.At Jenner Park primary School in Wales, pupils between the ages of seven and nine are writing letters to residents of a local care home. The initiative sees children and their elderly pen pals(笔友) e
17、xchange updates about their lives,helping to build relationships between generations while also giving the children an understanding of the value of writing letters by handan activity thats becoming less and less common.Laura Johnson,the teacher who coordinates(协调) the scheme at Jenner Park,says:All
18、 of our writing is for a purpose. Thats the key in getting children to value handwriting. As soon as you put an audience there, knowing that someone out there is going to be reading itwhether thats parents or another group of childrentheres always the real sense of pride to go along with it,says Joh
19、nson.The school maintains a focus on handwriting throughout the years,from dedicated handwriting classes in the prep school to a calligraphy club offered to the older groups. It has created something called the pen license. It allows younger children to move from using a pencil to pen once theyve re
20、ached a certain standard. Theres a lot of excitement about reaching that pen licence stage, says Johnson.Johnson adds that developing students writing in this way matters for their life after school:For us, its important that we create citizens of the future who have a set of life skills that can ma
21、ke them successful. The dominance of technology is a challenge,she admits, but she also believes both tools have their place.Obviously were competing with technology continuously.she says.And I know there are people there saying you dont need to bother about handwriting because tech is out there. Bu
22、t we dont see it as competing. Were trying to get pupils to realize that theres a place for handwriting and to know when its important to use each.8Why does the school launch the initiative?ATo help children to find the meaning of handwriting.BTo encourage children to show pity for the aged.CTo pers
23、uade children to choose proper courses.DTo urge children to acknowledge the audience.9What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the school?AIts after-class activities.BIts practice in handwriting.CIts academic achievements.DIts innovation in technology.10What can we infer from the last paragraph ab
24、out handwriting?AIt will win against technology.BIt will give way to technology.CIt will co-exist with technology.DIt will cause confusion to people.11Which can be a suitable title for the text?AHandwriting promotes the pen pal schemeBSlow communication reduces misunderstandingCCreative ideas for de
25、aling with challenges gain popularityDPutting pen to paper contributes to a love of the written wordPeople who regularly sleep for six hours or less each night in middle age are more likely to develop dementia than those who routinely manage seven hours, according to a major study into the disease.R
26、esearchers found a 30% greater risk of dementia in those who during their 50s, 60s and 70s consistently had a short nights sleep, regardless of other risk factors such as heart condition and poor mental health.Sabia, an author of the study at the university of Paris and her colleagues analyzed surve
27、y data from University College Londons Whitehall study, which launched in 1985 and followed the health and lifestyles of more than 10,000 British volunteers. The French team focused on nearly 8,000 participants who self-reported their sleep patterns.During 25 years of follow-up. 521 participants dev
28、eloped dementia, with most diagnosed in their late 70s. Writing in Nature Communications, the scientists described how those who routinely got six hours of sleep or less each night in their 50s and 60s were 30% more likely to develop dementia than those who typically managed seven hours.The study do
29、es not prove that sleeping too little causes dementia, since sleep loss itself may be one of the earliest symptoms of the disease. But some scientists believe the results strengthen evidence that continuous poor sleep may at least contribute to the disease.The first pathological changes that lead to
30、 dementia occur one to two decades before the disease becomes obvious, as sticky proteins called amyloid build up in the brain. When the 1985 Whitehall study first assessed the sleep of volunteers who later developed dementia, this process had probably not started. This meant that if they were sleep
31、ing too little, it was unlikely to have been caused by dementia-related brain changes.“It strengthens the evidence that poor sleep in middle age could cause or worsen dementia in later life,” said Dr. Liz Coulthard, a consultant senior lecturer in dementia neurology. “It makes sense to take measures
32、 to improve sleep such as going outside during daylight hours to help maintain the natural rhythms that promote good sleep, avoiding too much alcohol or caffeine, particularly before bed, and finding a bedtime routine that works for you.”12What risk factor for dementia does the passage focus on?ASle
33、ep loss.BAge.CPoor mental health.DHeart condition.13How did French scientists get the research findings?ABy making a comparison.BBy monitoring sleep patterns.CBy interviewing British volunteers.DBy analyzing previous survey data.14In what tone do the scientists talk about the research?ACasual.BDoubt
34、ful.CNegative.DCautious.15What is the purpose of the last paragraph?ATo give examples.BTo collect proofs.CTo offer suggestions.DTo present arguments.二、七选五I am not sure how many books I have reread,but perhaps it is fewer than the average person. _16_ The source material, though, is of course not.I u
35、sed to take the same approach to books as I did to travel: dont go to the same place twice.Life is too short._17_Then I realized that the fact that life is short might work the other way around, too: if you know you enjoy something,or somewhere, then why not return?Recently I reread Joseph Hellers C
36、atch-22.I was inspired to do so when reminded of how hed respond when people rudely asked him why hed never written anything as good:Who has?Catch-22 pretty much saved my life when I first read it._18_I had dropped out of school twice,didnt leave the house at all and didnt have a life.It felt as tho
37、ugh I hadnt laughed in such a long time._19_It managed to take me out of the dark world, and though its themes are,of course,serious,its cleverness cheered me greatly.I related to its characters who are themselves trapped.I am now planning to reread the sort of books that inspired me in my own writi
38、ng.I wont take a break altogether from reading the most recent releases.I love the smell of new books fresh from the printers._20_ACatch-22 had me laughing.BMy favourites are secondhand editions.CThere is discomfort in reading recently-released books.DAt that time I was an extremely depressed 17-yea
39、r-old.EFor me, the pleasure of rereading is a newly discovered one.FThere is so much to read and so much to see and experience.GHowever,I have determined to dip more frequently into the old ones三、完形填空Literature was something I was interested in. At school I was that kid who stuck his hand up to _21_
40、 aloud from the Shakespeare play. Over the holidays I would visit the_22_ and read literatures. While my generation was playing after school. I was in a ghetto(贫民区) learning to _23_ .I lived then in Lagos. The ghetto landlords had unlimited _24_ They could throw families with all their possessions o
41、ut into the street. Annoyed, I wrote about _25_ .Those pieces were not published. Then it occurred to me to write a story about them. This began my long _26_ in the rigorous craft(严谨构思) of the short story.However, after finishing my A-levels, I had a job working for a paint company. _27_ in Lagos wa
42、s so terrible that it took three hours to get to work. I would wake up at 4 a.m. and write for an hour before _28_ work. When I _29_ I would sleep and then write till one oclock.The first _30_ took a year. I got myself _31_ from work and bought a typewriter with the severance pay(解雇金). I began _32_
43、many _33_ , who all turned it down.Then, one morning, a letter came from Longmans African Writers series. I remember giving a cry of _34_ .That moment changed everything. I was 19.With the publication of Flowers and Shadows, the life I was meant to live_35_.21AthinkBreadCcryDspeak22AlibrariesBcharit
44、iesCexhibitionsDattractions23AactBwriteCcookDpaint24AtalentsBwealthCpowersDfreedom25AfriendshipBpossibilitiesCinjusticesDwelfare26AmemoryBsufferingCserviceDadventure27ATrafficBClimateCAccommodationDSecurity28Amaking up forBgetting down toClooking forward toDsetting out for29AresignedBretiredCreturne
45、dDresolved30AoptionBdraftCvisitDpicture31AfreedBinspiredCfiredDprevented32Are-writingBwithdrawingCjob-huntingDexploring33AfriendsBteachersCwritersDpublishers34AfearBjoyCpainDsorrow35AendedBchangedCbeganDimproved四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divi
46、des a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox(春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 _36_ ends on April this year.The Spring Equinox signals the equal _37_ (long) of the day and night time. The day of the Spring Equinox is _38_ the sun is directly above the equator. After the eq
47、uinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in _39_ (gradual) longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere and longer night in the Southern Hemisphere.Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that_40_ (date) back to 4,000 years ago. People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring. It _41_ (believe) that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future.The Spring Equinox is _4
